Police say a car crashed into a utility pole Sunday morning on North National Avenue, severing the pole near its base.

Lt. Tad Peters, with the Springfield Police Department, said the crash occurred just before 10 a.m. in the 2200 block of North National Avenue.

Peters said a Chevrolet Monte Carlo was traveling southbound on National Avenue when the driver changed to the outside lane, hopped up on the curb and struck the pole.

The Monte Carlo, which had substantial damage to the front end, came to rest facing northbound in the front yard of a residence on National Avenue.

Peters said no one was injured in the crash, and police do not suspect the driver was intoxicated.

The northbound lanes of National Avenue were blocked throughout the morning from Turner Street to High Street as crews worked to repair the damage. Peters estimated the lanes would be blocked until the early afternoon.

At 10:15 a.m., there were four City Utilities trucks on the scene in addition to two fire trucks and four police cars. One of the CU trucks was carrying a replacement utility pole.

The outage map on CU's website indicated 45 customers in the area were without power just before 11 a.m.